zh
Sign in Start free

终南捷径

Traditional 終南捷徑

Zhōng nán jié jìng

lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)

+ Review this word

Meanings

Zhōng nán jié jìng name 終南捷徑

  1. lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom)
  2. fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)

Its characters